A Prayer for Hope When Life Seems Hopeless

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Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 17 February 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0	A Prayer for Hope when life seems hopeless by Emily Rose Massey, read by Liam Arden.
0:23.5	For in this hope we were saved, now hope that is seen is not hope.
0:28.7	For who hopes for what he sees?
0:31.1	But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
0:36.4	Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness, Romans 8, 24-26.
0:44.3	My husband and I recently celebrated 12 years of marriage, although I enjoy reflecting
0:50.0	and focusing on all the wonderful and joyous memories together over these last 12 years.
0:56.1	It can be said that our faith has been tested under waves of chaos and storms and under
1:02.2	the weight and pressures of life.
1:05.8	It would be amazing to have a life full of happy times only, but it's in the fire, the
1:12.8	trials and the storms of life that were truly strengthened.
1:18.1	We can choose to rise above the chaos or allow hopelessness and despair to overtake us.
1:26.8	Our faith in Jesus Christ has given us hope to remain steadfast because we know he is
1:32.6	faithful.
1:34.9	This hope is what's been our anchor through it all.
1:38.7	This anchor is what holds you to your trust and faith in the Lord.
1:44.4	It wasn't something that can just be created or conjured up, I mean sure we can give
1:49.2	ourselves a pep talk when we're feeling downcast or be encouraged by a friend to keep
1:53.8	putting one foot in front of the other, but true hope is given to us by the Holy Spirit.
2:04.2	He endows us with the faith that God's promises are true.
2:09.4	God is not a liar.
2:10.8	He can be trusted completely and ultimately his sovereign hand is working in our life.
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